The Episcopal Church
Faith and Practice (cont'd)
Teaching the sacramental principle that all physical
matter is the instrument of the spirit, the church believes that spiritual healing is a natural part of its ministry.
Our central faith is in the everliving Christ, the conqueror of sin and death, the guarantor of life eternal.
But
this sure and certain hope is no escape from the problems of this world. The church condemns all politics and economics which
oppress people and rob them of freedom. The church stands for a redeemed social order where none shall make any afraid; and
for justice and peace among classes, races, and nations, since in Christ all people are children of God, and therefore brothers
and sisters.
Our Family
In Episcopal parishes are found poor
and rich, cultivated scholars and political leaders, plain people of limited education, city people, business people, employers
and employees, college students, and country people. There are communicants of foreign birth or parentage representing many
peoples.
Those who most love the Episcopal Church and most deeply believe in it are conscious of their own shortcomings
and their neglect of obligations. Only the utmost devotion of every member in worship and service to our Lord, continually
strengthened by his gift of new life in the sacraments, can reveal the full meaning and power of the church.
The
church speaks with assurance to the-world, knowing that the only way to save the world is to win the world for Christ: to
offer wisdom to the ignorant, help to the needy, healing to the suffering, hope to the oppressed.
The church invites
you to consider, perhaps lor the first time, the importance of God in your life and the renewed influence of Christianity
in our time. In a time of crisis, it is in the church that the deepest problems receive their best analysis, and the spirit
of humanity finds strength and joy.
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